SPORTS
Crabb departs from Bowie
The Bowie girl’s basketball team will have a new person stalking the sideline next year and leading practices.
Coach Joe Crabb, who has served as the program’s head coach the past two years, took the job at Stamford to be the girl’s basketball coach and be the girl’s coordinator.
The decision to leave was a tough one for Crabb.
“They contacted me, I wasn’t looking and it was a great opportunity,” Crabb said. “They have a great program and I’ll be the girl’s coordinator as well as basketball coach. The softball team just won the state title the other night. We have friends in that area from when we were in Garden City.”
Crabb came to Bowie after 20-plus years of experience working at 1A programs like Strawn and Garden City. He had some adjustments to make working in a bigger school district, but ultimately enjoyed the experience.
“It was a challenge, but after the initial period of getting used to more kids in the school and in the program, I got used to it thanks to the help I had from Coach (Jaimie) Hickey and all she did for me,” Crabb said.
On the basketball court his teams featured mostly upperclassmen who bought into his aggressive, trapping style defenses that forced turnovers in bunches.
While the district title eluded the program with rival Nocona having its golden age, that did not deter the program from making some serious noise in the playoffs.
The 2019-2020 team went into the playoffs as a third seed and upset a talented young Peaster team, completed a last minute comeback against Cisco and gave second ranked Jim Ned a run for their money in the regional quarterfinals.
This year’s team had a similar run after finishing third in the district, upsetting Brock in the bi-district in dramatic fashion, handling Merkel before falling to state power Jim Ned once again in the regional quarterfinals.
Despite the program losing four starters and returning only four varsity players Crabb was excited about the future of the program which is what made the decision to leave so hard.
“I have mixed emotions about leaving,” Crabb said. “I know we have some people graduating, but I liked the kids we had coming back. Loved the young kids I got to work with and the junior high kids this year. I am excited about the future here too, but it was just a great opportunity there.”
To read the full story pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
A positive culture can be tough to install but will reap dividends if done correctly.
Trinadee Imotichey is trying to do just that with her Forestburg Lady Longhorns.
Imotichey, an assistant coach on the 2025 Forestburg volleyball team, was moved into the head coaching position. Last year’s coach, Cori Hayes, took over as football head coach.
Imotichey, in her 2nd year in Forestburg, said she learned a lot from Hayes and is ready to take over.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie’s summer softball league team overcame a 6-1 deficit with a six-run third inning for a 7-6 win over Bridgeport in its season opener July 6.
The league consists of teams from Bowie, Nocona, Lindsay, Bridgeport, and Alvord and will last three weeks. Bowie will host games each week.
Bowie pitcher Hazel Trahern gave up two singles and a groundout to put the Sissies on the board in the first. It would be the only hits she gave up in the game. Two groundouts and a strikeout got the Lady Rabbits out of the jam.
Bowie got the run back in the bottom of the first with Andee Jo Miller opening the frame with a walk and a stolen base. She then scored on Kynlee Baker’s groundout to tie the game at one.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Rest. Run. Repeat.
Sage Keck, an 8th grader at Montague, lives by this mantra. No ifs, ands and buts about it.
She’s been running since fourth grade PE classes where she would run a mile every week. After discovering she could outrun the other students, she began to enjoy it and continued doing it.
Her success continued, as she finished 2nd overall against more than 200 runners at the Old Saint Jo 5K July 4. In last weekend’s Texas Junior Olympics, she reached the pinnacle of her career so far by qualifying for the United States of America Track and Field (USATF) National Junior Olympics in Norwalk, Calif. in three events.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
-
NEWS3 years agoSuspect indicted, jailed in Tia Hutson murder
-
NEWS4 years ago2 hurt, 1 jailed after shooting incident north of Nocona
-
NEWS3 years agoSO investigating possible murder/suicide
-
NEWS4 years agoWreck takes the life of BHS teen, 16
-
NEWS3 years agoMurder unsolved – 1 year later Tia Hutson’s family angry, frustrated with no arrest
-
Show us something good9 years agoCountry music star children perform in Bowie
-
NEWS3 years ago
Sheriff’s office called out to infant’s death
-
100th Birthday4 years agoLooking back at the 1958 Centennial edition of The Bowie News